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Statement from detained student Rümeysa Öztürk dictated to her attorneys while jailed at the South Louisiana ICE facility: “Efforts to target me because of my op-ed in the Tufts Daily calling for the equal dignity and humanity of all people will not deter me” @theintercept.com

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

Trump's tariffs are a TAX that will cost the average family nearly $4,000 *per year.* Congress has the power to immediately reverse the Trump tax on families—and we should do so ASAP. Any Republican who refuses to is joining Trump in raising prices and destroying the economy.

submitted 7 days ago • 49 comments

NEW: Tufts files a declaration in support of Rümeysa Öztürk: "The University has no information to support the allegations that she was engaged in activities at Tufts that warrant her arrest and detention." www.tufts.edu/president/sp...

submitted 8 days ago • 26 comments

REMINDER: Wisconsin has same-day voter registration. So, if you haven’t registered or recently moved or anything like that, you can register at your polling place (with ID and proof of residence) TODAY. Every state should do this. It’s great that Wisconsin does this. Go vote.

submitted 10 days ago • 51 comments

This is as disturbing and dystopian as it gets. Trump disappeared a father—with protected legal status—to a torture prison in El Salvador, admitted he was sent there mistakenly, and now refuses to bring him back. This father must be brought home—there must be accountability.

submitted 10 days ago • 64 comments

Ilya is exactly right here. Universities need to join together to challenge Trump's speech-based deportations of students.

submitted 11 days ago • 3 comments

submitted 13 days ago • 5 comments

Trump & RFK Jr.'s mass firings at HHS are about as good for public health as a cough in the face.

submitted 14 days ago • 18 comments

Thousands call for the release of Rumeysa Ozturk in Somerville, MA. The Tufts grad student was abducted by ICE last night after publishing an article that was critical of Israel.

submitted 15 days ago • 21 comments

Disappeared Tufts Human Dev. PhD student Rumesya Ozturk is also a graduate of Teachers College - she’s a dev. psychologist studying children’s media & prosocial development. She also bakes without recipes and binge-watches cartoons. She is our colleague & she was abducted on the street w/ our tax $.

submitted 15 days ago • 65 comments

Elizabeth Warren for Senate Minority Leader. Mazie Hirono for Senate Minority Leader. Markey, Merkley or Welch for Senate Minority Leader. Fuck it, Large Boulder The Size Of A Small Boulder for Senate Minority Leader. At least when it falls into a position it can be trusted to fucking stay there.

submitted 28 days ago • 29 comments

Capitulation Belgian tripel In honor of @schumer.senate.gov

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

The Trump admin is going after students who have used their first amendment, Constitutional rights. This is unacceptable. Deporting legal residents solely for expressing their political opinions is a violation of free speech rights. Who's next? Citizens? apnews.com/article/colu...

submitted 31 days ago • 21 comments

This article really shows the promise and power of saying "fuck you make me" to aspiring autocrats. www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...

submitted 33 days ago • 4 comments

JUST IN: The head of the US African Development Foundation is suing Peter Marocco and DOGE — and he is describing in detail the standoff in which he blocked DOGE from entering the agency's offices. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 35 days ago • 168 comments

The state of the union is that the President is spitting in the face of the law. He is letting an unelected billionaire fire cancer researchers and wreck federal agencies like the Social Security Administration at will. I won't be attending tomorrow's Joint Address.

submitted 38 days ago • 703 comments

When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.

submitted 67 days ago • 1298 comments

BREAKING: CDC's top advisors demand answers and a restoration of crucial public health data. New story by me: www.statnews.com/2025/02/01/c...

submitted 68 days ago • 67 comments

Read this from Marc Murphy (who is also currently serving as the AAEC president). I was on a panel with him a few years ago and still refer back to his insightful take on the difference between Truth & Facts. open.substack.com/pub/marcmurp...

submitted 94 days ago • 20 comments